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LAWSON G. HUNTINGTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND ROBERT J. ARMOUR, OFNEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SIGNAL LAMP OR LANTERN.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letterslatent No. 490,770, dated January31, 1893. Application iiled December 27, 1890l Serial No. 376,150. (Nomodel.)

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Be it known that we, LAWSON G. HUNTING- TON, residing in the city,county, and State of New York, and ROBERT J. ARMOUE, residing at Newark,in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, citizens of the UnitedStates, have invented a new and useful Improvement in SignalLamps orLanterns, of which the following is a specication.

Our invention relates especially to lamps or lanterns bearing lenses,and has for its object the provision of a perforated air distributingplate, which may be removed for the purpose of cleaning, dac.

To attain the desired end, our invention consists essentially in aperforated plate, arranged to t the body of the lamp, below the lenses,between the air passages through the lamp body, and the burner, saidplate being arranged to receive the removable oil pot, and

being either supported by a ledge formed or attached to the body of thelamp, or by a ring or cup into which the oil pot fits, all of which willbe hereinafter first fully described, and then pointed out in theclaims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical, central sectional view of alamp wherewith our invention is employed, and Fig. 2 is a plan View ofthe perforated plate, on an enlarged scale, shown as removed from saidlamp body. Fig. 3 is a vertical central sectional view of a square lamp,having the opening in the side, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of theperforated plate and oil pot, shown as removed from said lamp body.

Like letters of reference, Wherever they oc-Y cur, indicatecorresponding parts in all the gures.

A is the lamp body, provided with lenses, B.

C is the top of the lantern, either hinged, as in Figs l and 2, orsecured to the side walls, as in Figs. 3 and 4.

D isthe carrying bail.

E is the bottom of the lamp body, provided with a supporting skirt, F.

G (Fig. l),is a circumferential bead, formed in the body A.

In the construction shown in Figs. l and 2, the removable perforatedplate, H, has an opening in its center, and I is a cup or rin'g uponwhich said plate rests, or to which it 1s secured, for the purpose ofsupporting it; or

the ring or cup may be dispensed with, and

fixed upon the perforated plate, arranged to f receive the removable oilpot, J.

When constructed and arranged in accordance with the foregoingdescription, the advantages of our arrangement will be obvious.

Heretofore, in lamps or lanterns of the class to which our invention isapplied, the perforated plate hasfbeen fixed and immovable, beingsecured to the Walls of the lamp; dirt,

dust &c Would enter the lamp beneath such plate, and drop upon its uppersurface; oil would also loW, over and through the perforations, untilfinally the air requisite to support` combustion would be prevented frompassing through the plate. In cleaning the same, only the top within thelamp body could be reached, and the under side of the plate could not becleaned at all. By our invention, all this diijiculty is overcome;thevoil pot and plate can both be instantly removed, and all of theparts quickly and effectually cleaned.

Having now fully described our invention, what we claim as new therein,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination with a lamp or lantern body bearing lenses and havinga closed bottom, of a removable perforated plate supported within thelamp body, as set forth, and o ing in which is seated a removable oi]pot, said ring or Cup, substantially as shown and substantially as shownand described. described.

3. In a lamp of the character herein speei- LAWSON G. HUNTINGTON. ed,having a closed bottom, the combination ROBERT J. ARMOUR. 5 With theremovable perforated plate having Witnesses.:

an opening in its center, and a supporting ARTHUR M. PIERCE,

ring or cup, of a removable oil pot seated in T. NELSON SCOTT.

